I just got back from Kung Fu Hustle. Great fun to watch, though I have some reservations about how it ended (not the specific plot elements so much as the change toa more serious tone). I love the off-the-wall treatment of the various martial arts masters.
Can't any one of your damn little Scooby club at least try to remember that I hate you all?
Spike ,'Get It Done'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 23, 2005 6:30:51 pm PDT #2141 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
§ ita § - Apr 24, 2005 6:51:27 pm PDT #2142 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
When the Monster In Law trailer is viewed independently of the trailer for Guess Who, it doesn't seem so much like WASP hyperventilating over adding a Latina to the family. It was also a different trailer from the one I saw earlier. Sadly, this one made J-Lo look terrible. I say "sadly" because Jane looks hysterical (if someone can promise me she wins, I might see a matinée), and Vartan looks charming.
The trailer for War Of The Worlds was quite scary, which I wasn't expecting.
I hadn't known that Jodie Foster had made/was making an action movie -- Flightplan looks interesting. On the air travel theme, I'm not sure Red Eye looks interesting, but it sure was funny.
sumi - Apr 25, 2005 5:03:25 am PDT #2143 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
sumi - Apr 25, 2005 5:53:59 am PDT #2144 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Joss has carte blanche to reinvent the character of Wonder Woman.
Tom Scola - Apr 25, 2005 5:57:15 am PDT #2145 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Who gave Joel Silver carte blanche to reinvent Wonder Woman? Shouldn't Warner be more protective of its franchises?
tommyrot - Apr 25, 2005 5:58:56 am PDT #2146 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It'd be funny if Wonder Woman spent all her time staking vampires....
Nutty - Apr 25, 2005 6:00:28 am PDT #2147 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Right. The path of "reinvention" ends up at Catwoman, people. Don't you learn anything??
I saw Abre los ojos over the weekend, and it was one of those movies that seems like a happy ending, until you think about it, and it's actually sort of the opposite of what you thought at first. Cool, though.
beekaytee - Apr 25, 2005 6:01:01 am PDT #2148 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
Brian Cox lost weight and his voice changed? ?Wha?
I didn't realize he was on the verge of puberty.
His is a far more resonant and rich voice than any of the other actors listed. That's too bad.
tommyrot - Apr 25, 2005 6:02:09 am PDT #2149 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Was Catwoman reinvented or reimagined? 'Cuz there's a difference (although at the moment I don't remember what it is).
Tom Scola - Apr 25, 2005 6:03:56 am PDT #2150 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Reinvented implies that a rational thought process was at work. Reimagined implies the use of hallucinogenic drugs.